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As a point of clarification, are we considering free will to apply only to those choices that we have conscious control over, or can our will be presumed to extend to things such as biases, over which we have little to no conscious control? In other words... where does one's will actually...

I don't think that billionaires having an inordinate amount of the wealth is the problem. That money doesn't just sit around doing nothing. It's as if every dollar in the US economy has somebody's name written on it. It doesn't matter how many have my name on them, or how many have Elon Musk's...

Assuming that this isn't a startup, but a going concern, I'd consider a number of different revenue models, including a multi-tiered pay model with the lowest tier being free, but ad driven, then perhaps a donation driven tier, with perks like being able to comment on articles. Then of course...

I'm sorry, but once again I'm gonna be the outlier, but at least now I've had some time to think about why I have the attitude that I do. Basically it comes down to two things. The first is an affinity that I've always had for the poor and downtrodden. When it comes to most people I'm usually...

To me they're very comparable, because they're indicative of a person's value to society. Perhaps you missed the part about all men being created equal, because you seem to assume that money can change that. That due to your economic status you have the right to things that others don't. I'm...

Don't forget that in the OT farmers were commanded to leave the edges of their fields for the poor. When people are denied access to things that others take for granted, it's wrong to judge them for wanting a slice of what someone else has an overabundance of. You can call their actions immoral...

First off, it's not Mr., but the show of respect is duly noted. I think that attempts at changing the system are noble endeavors, but unfortunately doomed to fail... until the day that one doesn't. And that day will probably come one arduous step after another. Things such as "Buy a pair, give...

I'm asserting that it's a reasonable form of social protest against a system that's unwittingly designed to place barriers between the haves and the have nots. Something that we can agree is in serious need of reform with the advent of fake news and misinformation threatening the very fabric...

First off, love your response. It does however, provide me with a couple of salient points to address. Fundamentally you're correct. But it really has very little to do with the fact that things are now digitized. It has to do with the way that society has been structured from it's very...

Yes. That's the heart and soul of capitalism. Servicing the needs of the people with money, at the expense of the people without it.

That's one of my pet peeves with society. It divides people between those who have the ability to pay, and those who don't. Personally, whenever I see a paywall or a subscription, who's sole purpose is to restrict access to only the rich, then I'm very apt to want to tear that wall down, or in...

Correct, it's existence in Western culture can be traced to one source... the Catholic Church. From your responses I'm assuming that you find the practice of infant circumcision to be less than admirable.

I never, ever, claimed that, but I'm doing my best to get this thread back on point, as such: Since you seem to think that other body alterations are simply expressions of a person's free will, does circumcision stand apart then, because it's traditionally done without the person's consent...

Well, duh. As it relates to this thread however, do you think circumcision should be grouped with breast implants, tattoos, and body piercings as abhorrent and unnecessary bodily alterations? Or are all such body alterations simply an expression of a person's free will? Except that in the case...

Yet it's existence in Western culture can be traced to one source... the Catholic Church. Rather than turn this into a debate about the religious significance of circumcision, let's simply ask @Love365 if he believes that circumcision should be placed alongside the other unnecessary bodily...

I was referencing the OP who happens to not only be Christian, but specifically Catholic.

Since when is what anybody else does with their body any of your business. I seem to recall that several major world religions are founded around the practice of bodily mutilation... in fact you belong to one of them.

A dying civilization... are you nuts? You're blessed to be living in the greatest age in the history of mankind. One where we're standing on the threshold of a prosperity unseen since the garden itself, and you think that it's dying. The only thing dying here is some people's arrogant belief...

I have no desire to argue at all, but I do believe that you're right about one thing, this conversation is done.

Just to be clear, my previous posts don't represent my 'desired' perspective. I was simply attempting to point out that YEC, even if true, doesn't disprove evolution, because the act of creation, even if it occurred last Thursday, might by default involve the creation of the past as well. For...